Barry Hawkins won the title last year and the tournament also featured top stars including Judd Trump, John Higgins, Mark Selby and Ronnie O'Sullivan, who is celebrating fresh from his UK Championship win.

O'Sullivan, 42, equalled Steve Davis' tally of six UK titles and Stephen Hendry's record of 18 victories in 'Triple Crown' events - the UK and World Championships, and Masters.

The Rocket beat Shaun Murphy 10-5 in York to claim his third ranking title of the season, hitting three centuries to take his career total to 916.

Now all eyes will be on who can lift the trophy at the next major event in the UK - the Ladbrokes World Grand Prix at Preston Guild Hall.

WIN FINAL AND SEMI-FINAL TICKETS TO LADBROKES WORLD GRAND PRIX

We have teamed up with World Snooker to give one lucky winner the chance to win two tickets to both sessions of the final on Sunday, February 25, 2018.

Judd Trump

Three runners-up will also get two tickets each to the semi-final on Saturday, February 24, 2018.